Mad Tuscans and their families : a history of mental disorder in early modern Italy /

Mad Tuscans and their families : a history of mental disorder in early modern Italy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mellyn, Elizabeth Walker.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2014.
Description:	290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mental Disorders -- history -- Italy. Family Relations -- Italy. History, Early Modern 1451-1600 -- Italy. Mental Health Services -- history -- Italy. Mentally Ill Persons -- history -- Italy. Mental illness -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History. Mentally ill -- Medical care -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History. Caregivers -- Family relationships -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History. Mental health laws -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History. Psychology, Pathological -- History. Caregivers -- History. Mental health -- legislation & jurisprudence. Medical jurisprudence -- History. Mental illness -- History. Caregivers -- Family relationships. Mental health laws. Mental illness. Mentally ill -- Medical care. Tuscany (Italy) Italy -- Tuscany. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10112052

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ISBN:	9780812246124 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0812246128 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

A Note on Dates and Money
Introduction: The Tales Madness Tells
1. Incapacity, Guardianship, and the Tuscan Family
2. "Madness Is Punishment Enough": The Insanity Defense
3. Spending Without Measure: Madness, Money, and the Marketplace
4. From Madness to Sickness
5. The Curious Case of Forensic Medicine: The Dog That Didn't Bark in the Night
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments